Browsing by Subject "dental enamel"

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    Fluoride dose-response of human and bovine enamel caries lesions under remineralizing conditions
    (2012-08) Lippert, Frank; Hara, Anderson T.; Department of Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry
    Purpose: To investigate the relative fluoride dose-response of human and bovine enamel caries lesions under remineralizing conditions and utilizing an established pH cycling model. Methods: Early caries-like lesions were formed in human and bovine enamel, characterized using Vickers surface microhardness (VHN) and assigned to five dentifrice treatment groups: 0/250/1100 ppm fluoride as sodium fluoride (F as NaF) formulation 1; 1100 ppm F as NaF formulation 2; 1000 ppm F as monofluorophosphate (MFP) formulation 3. The daily pH cycling regimen comprised: 4xl-minute dentifrice slurry treatments; lx4-hour acid challenge and intermittent remineralization in a l:l-mixture of pooled human/ artificial saliva. After 20 days, VHN of specimens were measured again and changes from lesion baseline calculated (REM). Subsequently, enamel fluoride uptake (EFU) was determined using the microdrill technique and specimens were demineralized again to determine their acid resistance (DEM). Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA (factors: enamel, dentifrice). Results: Both enamel type and dentifrice as well as their interaction affected REM and DEM. EFU was only affected by dentifrice. Human and bovine enamel showed a good fluoride dose-response for REM and correlated well. However, bovine enamel showed more remineralization than human enamel. There were good correlations between dentifrice-F concentration vs. REM and EFU, and between REM vs. EFU, regardless of enamel type.
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    Supplementation of an Orange Juice with Dietary Proteins to Prevent Enamel and Dentin Erosion
    (2015-05) Ferreira, Stella S.; Scaramucci, Tais; Hara, Anderson T.; Aoki, Idalina V.; Sobral, Maria A. P.; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, IU School of Dentistry
    Protein supplementation may be an alternative to reduce the erosive potential of acidic drinks. The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the erosive potential of an orange juice modified by dietary proteins. A commercially available orange juice was added 0.2 g/L casein, 2.0 g/L ovalbumin and their combination. The juice with no additives and a commercially available calcium-modified juice were used as negative and positive controls, respectively. Human enamel and dentin specimens (n=11) were tested in an erosion-remineralization cycling model. Enamel was analyzed by surface microhardness and profilometry, whilst dentin by profilometry only. Statistical analyses were performed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test (p<0.05). Calcium-modified juice showed the lowest erosive potential for both analyses (p<0.05). For enamel, the protein-added groups did not differ from each other (p>0.05) and showed significantly lower enamel loss compared to negative control (p<0.05). Regarding surface microhardness, casein showed the highest values compared to negative control (p<0.05). For dentin, none of the protein-added groups showed lower values of surface loss compared to negative control (p>0.05). In conclusion, for enamel the protein-modified orange juices presented reduced erosion of enamel, with casein showing a trend for better protection. For dentin, no reduction in the erosive potential was observed for the tested protein-modified orange juices.